It's CHRISTMAS gift special time!!

Happy Holidays friends,

This is my FAVORITE time of the year!  I love making affordable gift
paintings and working with you to make the perfect personalized commission
paintings for your loved ones. I am ready to sell out of all my Mirrors,
pack up journals and send them to you!

I wanted to let you in on the Christmas specials from www.joydeeann.com:

THE BIGGEST SALE THIS CHRISTMAS : MIRRORS
Full Size Mirrors usually $195 are NOW ONLY $100--- that's $95 off!!

HUGE SALE until the available mirrors are gone...


JOURNALS:
Brave Embrace: Where Art and Journaling Meet - $20



COMMISSIONS: 
AMAZING HOLIDAY PRICES- order THIS WEEK to get it in time!

12" X 12"- $40

10" X 18"- $50
16" X 20"- $80
11" X 24"- $80
18" X 24"- $130 now $95! limited time offer of $35 off!
24" X 24"- $150
24" X 30"- $200
24" X 36"- $250 now $200! limited time offer of $50 off!
24" X 40"- $320
36" X 36"- $400
36" X 48"- $475 now $400! limited time offer of $75 off!
48" X 48"- $600 now $500! limited time offer of $100 off!

original artwork makes a lovely gift
commission an abstract, or personalize it with quotes or picture collages
order your commission THIS WEEK so it will arrive in time for Christmas!
all you have to do is look at the samples, fill out the commission order
form and/or email me and then we will be in touch as I work out all of the
details of your unique painting.

engagement gifts
wedding gifts
view more samples of commissions at: http://www.joydeeann.com/commissions.html

abstract paintings- ordered by colors and size

baby gifts

GIFTS ON WOOD:
5" X 7" and 7" X 7" collages- $20- $30
new small works like this will be posted soon and available for purchase,
they will be similar to these mothers day and graduation gifts


PRINTS:
available prints are usually $75 are NOW ONLY $35--- that's $40 off!!
http://www.joydeeann.com/prints.html
and if you are interested in ordering a print of another painting, please
email me and let me know which one

Please feel free to email me if you have any questions and order your
gifts this week! or call if you have questions or problems with the
website- 903-277-5012.

Its the MOST wonderful time of the year... thank you all for your loving
support of my artwork, I hope you have a beautiful holiday season.

Sincerely,
Deeann Rieves

PS. I got married last week! my new name is Deeann Rieves, the website
will be updated with a new name and look very soon!!

details on Upcoming Workshops

Hey friends!!

I am SO excited about the upcoming workshops, I wanted to send you the updated information and details so you can plan:

AUSTIN, TEXAS --- Monday, October 26 *7-10 PM*
host: Deanna Valdes 10925 Mint Julep Dr, Austin 78748

HOUSTON, TEXAS --- Wednesday, October 28 *6-9 PM*
host: Lindsey Perry 1618 Roaring Springs Lane, Seabrook 77586

PLANO, TEXAS --- Thursday, October 29 *6-9 PM*
host: Beth Carter 816 Middle Cove Drive Plano 75023

TEXARKANA, TEXAS --- Friday October 30 *7-10 PM*
host: Kenya Haire 6506 Springwood Circle Texarkana 75503

Please send me a quick message saying if you are planning to attend for sure and which city you are in so I can give a final count to the hostesses! The Austin workshop is almost FULL! so message me very soon!!

OTHER WORKSHOPS later THIS FALL:
Little Rock, AR with hosts Julia Cato and Kaitlin Rasburry (Dec)
Springfield, TN with host Anita Denson (Dec)
possibly Conway, AR, Memphis, and Nashville, TN (Dec)

hope you are all doing well, we would love for you to join us at these art party workshop nights!!

Christmas GIFT Art Workshop Tour THIS OCTOBER! :)

I will be traveling the long hours to my home state of TEXAS in just a couple of weeks

for my Christmas Gift Painting Workshop TOUR :)

AUSTIN, TEXAS --- Monday, October 26
HOUSTON, TEXAS (Seabrook) --- Wednesday, October 28
PLANO, TEXAS --- Thursday, October 29
TEXARKANA, TEXAS --- exact date TBA (between October 30- November 1)

I am so excited to see some of my old friends and to meet their friends as we make huge messes on the floor and make finished paintings together to give to someone as a gift for Christmas.

$30 a person for a 3 hour workshop:

We will learn collage, painting, and color techniques, play with materials

and layering, laugh with old and new friends, challenge ourselves
creatively, have yummy snacks and good music as we finish a MIXED MEDIA
MASTERPIECE to give to someone for Christmas!

...if you are interested in attending any of these ART PARTY nights, they
are open and we would LOVE to have you!!

.... please email me at deeann@joydeeann.com

a few ideas of what we could make together:


make a vibrant painting with a quote
or lyrics from one of your favorites songs...

a baby gift for someone's new nursery...

an anniversary painting for your grandparents

or a gift to your mom of pictures from her parents wedding!

an abstract painting full of colors and shapes

a gift to someone who recently got married!
something very unique to do with their wedding photos!

a gift to a sweet friend or sister with fun pictures of you when you were little...

one of the photos from my Memphis Mixed Media Painting Workshop this past August,
the workshops this fall will be much like that workshop- making a finished painting in 3 hours for $30 a person (plus bringing a canvas to paint on)

view more photos from my workshops on my Workshop Page:

and more information about how to host a workshop on my website

if you are interested in attending any of these workshops, they are open and we would LOVE to have you.... please email me at deeann@joydeeann.com

Journals $10 for 10 DAYS SPECIAL!!

SPECIAL OFFER:
BRAVE EMBRACE: Where Art and Journaling Meet

JOURNALS $10 FOR 10 DAYS!
September 14-24

It has been a year since I had the journals printed and I think that is reason to CELEBRATE!!

The journals are normally $20, but for TEN DAYS they will be HALF OFF!!!

Celebrate with me and order several- you could get ahead on your Christmas gifts or birthdays for the fall! 10 journals for only $100!!

ORDER TODAY AT WWW.JOYDEEANN.COM

Painting Workshop

Mixed Media Painting Workshop
Memphis, TN
August 22, 2009

The purpose of the Mixed Media Painting workshops is to finish a painting during the 3 hour workshop that you are proud enough of to give as a gift or hang in your home.

If you are interested in hosting a workshop of your own, all you have to do is get 8-15 of your friends together, find a host who has a large living room, contact me and we will set the date...these ladies wanted to make a finished painting during their time in the workshop

so we started by painting the background a solid color
and drawing a grid on the canvases they had brought,
everyone's grid was different,
and then they began cutting and tearing collage materials and placing them into the grid...

as their paintings progressed I helped show them how to add emphasis to some aspects of their paintings with contrast, repetition and even some shading for the brave ones!


if you are thinking of having a workshop at your house, usually I prefer working on the floor on my big drop cloth, but in this case we worked at tables some too...

It is so fun to make a big mess together and see how everyones paintings turn out,
add in there some fun snacks and music and it is a good time....

everyone's paintings turned out SO NICE! I was so proud of all of them.... I love how all of them are so different- take a look at Lillian's piece with the old picture she brought- I LOVE IT!

This is a really fun way to make a unique and person gift for someone-
using collage to display old pictures of your family...
you could make a birthday gift,
anniversary gift for your grandparents,
Christmas present for your parents with pics of you and your brothers and sisters
or pictures from someone's wedding- parents, grandparents, siblings

doesnt this look like fun?!

and coming VERY SOON....

.........................CHRISTMAS GIFT WORKSHOPS..........................

I had a wonderful idea for the Fall - CHRISTMAS GIFT WORKSHOPS!

Get a group of 8-15 friends together for a party at someone's house
it would cost $30 per person 
begin and FINISH a painting you are proud enough of to give to someone for Christmas! 

 
A sort of.... Christmas gift ART PARTY workshop tour where I
come to you! Please email me ASAP if you are interested... deeann@joydeeann.com

I have already began planning these workshops- it looks like I will be coming to : 

TEXAS: Dallas, Houston, Austin, and Texarkana
TENNESSEE: Memphis, Nashville, and Springfield
ARKANSAS: possibly Little Rock and Conway
maybe even OKLAHOMA!

Rocketown Show: Outside The Lines

TONIGHT Outside The Lines
Opening Reception 6 - 9 PM
solo show at Rocketown

and a performance by Landon Austin

Hope to see some of you there!!

I got engaged!!

I got engaged this past Saturday- it was a perfect weekend for ten reasons:

1. I went to an art opening Friday I had two pieces in
2. I got to talk to my friend Caroline on the way to Memphis for about an hour and a half! :)
3. I got to hang out with my sweet friend and new momma, Mali, and stay at her house
4. I had an art workshop Saturday and it was, of course, SO much fun- everyones paintings turned out SO well - I will post pictures soon!
5. I got to see my old roommate Lindsey and go to my favorite lunch place and thrift store that I miss from Memphis
6. I got to talk to one of my sweetest friends in the world, Margaret, for about an hour and a half on my way BACK to Nashville
7. I got asked THE QUESTION with a perfect surprise proposal night!!!
8. He coordinated it so that the family was in town for a party afterwards!!
9. the ring is everything I ever hoped it would be- it was his great grandmothers :) I stare at it a lot, and honestly really feel like my hand is a little heavier... seriously
10. I got to talk to SO many of my closest friends AND got to tell my friends from church in person and have little squeely fits of happiness with them! and since then have gotten so many fun messages on facebook from like everyone I know, I feel SO loved and blessed!

I began a new blog for wedding stuff so that besides this one post- I can keep them separate

The Artist Bride
Creating a Handmade Wedding with a Personal Touch


Read all about the perfect surprise proposal night, and become a follower to see all the fun handmade projects I will be doing for our November wedding! I will be posting inspirations, ideas, step by step how to projects, and wedding journal pages like the pages I post here!

so far:
I WON FREE WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHY from Amanda Donaho
and found my beautiful dress already!!! :)

needless to say I have been busy, but I will blog soon with pictures from the show and workshop and new projects because I have been SO busy! which reminds me, I need to go to sleep. Hope to see you all on my new wedding blog soon!